{"id":1112,"date":"2020-07-11T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/add-external-css-and-js-in-magento-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:03:51","slug":"add-external-css-and-js-in-magento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-external-css-and-js-in-magento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add External CSS and JS in Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The default Magento 2 store serves the purpose of an online store pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, no business in today\u2019s market can strive only with the default features and layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each business is different and demands unique features and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Design is important in an online store to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make it easy for the visitors to navigate through the store<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish credibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick checkout<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stand apart from the competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boost the on-page SEO efforts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsible for mobile responsiveness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plays a role in brand awareness and a good first impression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Affects the bounce rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, if you are using default Magento 2 theme or in that case, any third party theme for your store and need to tweak the design as per your business requirement, you need to include external <a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-custom-css-and-js-in-magento\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-custom-css-and-js-in-magento\/\">CSS in Magento 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, if you want to implement jQuery for custom actions, this post will be helpful. For example, you want to perform a certain action on the click of a button, you need to include external JS In Magento 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, on the click of a button, a popup form is displayed or a filled up form is submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All these customizations in design and features can be possible with the programmatic method to&nbsp;<em><strong>add external CSS and JS in Magento 2<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also add <a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-css-javascript-files-to-cms-pages-in-magento-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-css-javascript-files-to-cms-pages-in-magento-2\/\">CSS &amp; JavaScript files to CMS pages<\/a> in Magento 2. Adding CSS &amp; JavaScript files to Magento 2 CMS pages allows optimizing the speed performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method to add external CSS and JS in Magento 2:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your&nbsp;<em><strong>layout file<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;you need to add the code below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">&lt;?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n&lt;page xmlns:xsi=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2001\/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"urn:magento:framework:View\/Layout\/etc\/page_configuration.xsd\">\n    &lt;head>\n        &lt;script src=\"https:\/\/js.stripe.com\/v3\/\" src_type=\"url\"\/>\n        &lt;css src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/custom.css\" src_type=\"url\"\/>\n    &lt;\/head>\n&lt;\/page><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it and now you are all set to improve the layout of your store!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do share the post with fellow Magento developers via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The default Magento 2 store serves the purpose of an online store pretty well. 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